Poor Chianti. It has been a punch line since well before Hannibal Lecter. The straw-covered fiaschi of the 1960s, receptacles for many a candle, became symbols of shame as Italian wine sought ...

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If your only introduction to Chianti is that shelf full of basket-covered bottles called fiascos you find in red and white checkered tablecloth trattorias, it's time to take a little armchair ...

The black roosters’ nest has grown. The gallo negro has long represented Chianti Classico, the traditional Chianti region as outlined by Grand Duke Cosimo III de’Medici in 1718. Within … ...

Alsatian wines have taller, thinner bottles. The traditional Chianti bottle, wrapped in straw, called the fiasco, is now out of favor by most producers.

While the traditional Chianti producers were spending the last 50 years preserving their cultural heritage, ... No label laws, and no supervision of what you could put in the bottle.

Sangiovese, dear drinker, is not just sangiovese. Unfortunately, wine is not so simple. Shopping for wine, especially European wine, can be incredibly complicated. Ancient traditions with relativel… ...

Piero Antinori has quite a story to tell in his new book “Hills of Chianti.” The 25th generation winemaker at Antinori, he is backed by more than 600 years of the aristocratic Tuscan family ...